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In this volume that author has dealt with various social customs prevalent in Southern India. He has dealt with a wide range of subjects and has endeavored to give an explanation pertaining to the rationale of the customs. 51 customs have been mention and among them are discussed evil eye, caste marks, prostration before the sun, margosa leaves in front of the houses, marriage ceremonies, use of cow dung, sati, palmistry, yellow robes, purification ring, diets, pollution, inauspicious months etc. This book is a reprint of the 1925 edition.